The army stationed at the junction of North Subei Road and Jianghuai Road, and Yang Jian's Sui army stopped in front. Although there was no sign of a fight between the two armies, no one was sure whether the confrontation would be tomorrow. Nothing is static in this world, especially on the battlefield.
There was only a small river between them, and the patrolling soldiers on both sides could even see each other's faces clearly. If their eyes were better, they could even see the expressions on each other's faces.
The river is not wide and the water flows slowly.
But the men and horses on both sides, no matter what, carried a kind of imminent chill. Perhaps because of the arrival of autumn, this kind of killing is particularly cold.
When Fang Jie and Xiang Qingniu had a long talk, Yang Jian and Da Zizai also had a long talk. This is a very strange phenomenon. People on both sides are ready to go to war at any time, but no one is restraining from going to war. What Yang Jian wanted was Fang Jie's submission, and what he wanted was his hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers who could survive a hundred battles. What Fang Jie wanted was to divide his troops to rush to the Eastern Frontier. If he hadn't been unable to get away, he would have even led the troops there himself.
It seems that there is still room for negotiation.
The lights in Yang Jian's tent were on all night, and it was not until the soldiers came in early in the morning that they quickly extinguished the lights. Yang Jian didn't sleep all night, he couldn't judge whether Fang Jie's words were true or not, but he couldn't verify it in a short time. At dawn, Yang Jian walked out of the tent, looked at the red sun rising in the east, and felt a sudden chill in his heart... The sun rose from the east, so red, could it be that the blood of the soldiers in Eastern Xinjiang stained it
If he wasn't Yang Jian, he was Jin Shixiong, and he was Shengtu, he wouldn't be so troubled and unable to make a judgment as he is now. If it were Jin Shixiong, he wouldn't think about Dongjiang. If it were Shengtu, he wouldn't think about Eastern Xinjiang. But he is Yang Jian, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty.
He wants to restore the heyday of the Sui Dynasty, but how should he choose when he is confronted with suppressing the rebellion and resisting foreign enemies at the same time
Da Zizai seemed to expect that Yang Jian would not fall asleep last night, so he arrived outside Yang Jian's tent early in the morning. Seeing Yang Jian standing under a big tree in a daze, Da Zizai frowned, as if he was particularly dissatisfied with Yang Jian's behavior. Perhaps, what he was dissatisfied with was that Yang Jian did not follow his wishes.
"Your Majesty is still thinking about Eastern Xinjiang?"
Feel free to ask.
Yang Jian glanced at him, and walked slowly towards the river: "I have sent people to Dongjiang to inquire about the news, but the distance is so far, even if you don't hesitate to go back and forth, it will take too long. If Dongjiang really Some of them were invaded by foreigners, and I am afraid it will be too late for me to lead troops there when the inquirer comes back."
"What if not?"
Feel free to ask.
Yang Jian said: "It's better to believe in its existence than in its non-existence."
The anger in Da Zizai's heart burst out in an instant, but he never let it out in the slightest. If there are people in this world whose cultivation base is higher than his, this cannot be refuted. Then, perhaps no one in this world is more tolerant than him. Back then when he was under King Dalunming, he had endured enough years.
"Your Majesty wants Fang Jie to divide his troops?"
After being silent for a while, Da Zizai said, "Hasn't Your Majesty ever thought that if this is really just Fang Xie's conspiracy, once His Majesty lets some of his troops go, he may face the situation of being attacked from behind. I don't understand people, and neither does Your Majesty... So I can't say that Fang Xie must be lying, and Your Majesty can't necessarily think that Fang Xie is not lying."
"actually… "
Yang Jian walked to the side of the small river and looked at the faintly visible Guyuan City opposite.
"I'm not only thinking about one thing in Dongjiang, there is another thing I thought about more last night. Because even if the thing in Dongjiang is true, it's not in front of me, but another thing is in front of me."
"Why is Your Majesty still troubled?"
Dazi asked.
Yang Jian looked away from Guyuan City, seemed to hesitate for a moment before slowly saying: "I still don't understand why you came here, why you want to join me. Although the members of the Mengyuan Gold Family and the Buddha Sect The war started, and it has already won, but on the grassland, the influence of the Buddhist sect cannot be eradicated for a while. King Dalun Ming is dead, and you are the number one of the Buddhist sect... Under such circumstances, why did you come to me? Do you want to be a servant here?"
He waved his hand and said: "Don't tell me that you want to surpass King Dalunming, I have never believed in that from the beginning. You and I are just using each other, and I need the power of the Buddhist sect. I know it well, but I can't think of your plan at all... So, compared to Dongjiang, you make me sleep and eat more."
"especially… "
Yang Jian said seriously: "Not only have you come to rely on me, but you have been thinking about me in every word and deed these days, and I can tell the difference clearly... So, this makes me feel even more uneasy."
"It turns out... I used to admire Yang Yi, the Heavenly Blessed Emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty. I met him when he met with Meng Yuan Khan Kuoketai Mengge. He was a man of great talent and boldness. So, then what kind of invincible Yang Jian, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty, should be?"
Da Zizai said slowly: "I never thought that one day I could stand face to face with you, Your Majesty. But now I regret it a little. If I don't come, then in my heart, the founding emperor of the Sui Dynasty will always be someone who few people can The person to compare with. I have seen and got along with each other... I realized that you are just an ordinary person."
Yang Jian suddenly smiled: "Da Zizai... Maybe you didn't even notice it?"
"What?"
Dazi asked.
"You didn't call yourself a vassal today, but called yourself me... This subtle change in yourself inadvertently shows something deep in your heart that you don't want to admit."
Da Zizai's face changed slightly, and then he asked a little incomprehensibly, "Just because of this?"
"Because of this."
Yang Jian said, "I can't keep you anymore."
Da Zizai smiled as if he was very angry, and the laughter became more and more presumptuous: "Yang Jian... don't you think it's ridiculous? Just because of this, you want to fight me?"
Yang Jian said: "Yes... There must be a battle between you and me. Rather than making it more difficult to deal with in the future, it is better to finish this battle early."
"Ha ha ha ha."
Yang Jian's laughter grew louder and louder: "Yang Jian... you still dare not let me know, but how could I not know? The reason why you are in a hurry to fight me is not because of these reasons that are not considered reasons. Actually There is only one reason... Your cultivation base is constantly declining! You have not fully integrated the half of Wan Xingchen's cultivation base at all! And in order to continue your life, you can only keep changing your own blood, using the young blood of your descendants To maintain your already rotten and tattered body! But!"
Da Zizai sneered and said, "There is a disadvantage that you didn't expect! You keep changing your blood, and you have to change your blood every time you get hurt, because your body has already started to decline, and it started to decline two hundred years ago. You need fresh blood, and it can only be the blood of your descendants... However, the number of easy-going blood exchanges is increasing, and you no longer have your own blood in your body. And Wan Xingchen's cultivation base is only two hundred I have lived with your blood for years, and now your own blood is gone, so your cultivation is constantly decreasing!"
"I think… "
Da Zizai looked at Yang Jian with a playful look: "You should have discovered this shortcoming at the beginning, but you thought you could overcome it, and you were afraid that others would find out. So, after every blood change, you will definitely pretend to be more serious than others. It used to be more powerful, right?"
"You want to deceive everyone, but... isn't this deceiving yourself?"
After hearing Da Zizai's words, Yang Jian also smiled: "You know so much, how can I tolerate you?"
…
…
"Besides."
Da Zizai said slowly: "On the other side of the river, there is more than one enlightened practitioner. I find it inconceivable that there are so many masters around Fang Jie. Yang Jian, do you think you can kill him while your cultivation has not completely faded?" Kill me, don't you think that you will be killed by me? Don't you think that even if you beat me, wouldn't those people on the other side take the opportunity to kill you?"
Da Zizai said: "Even if I die, you will not be well. Fang Jie is not an idiot, he will not let go of such a golden opportunity."
"I don't have time for this anymore."
Yang Jian said: "If I can kill you as soon as possible, then they will be afraid of me."
"I suddenly understood."
Da Zizai let out a long sigh of relief: "The reason why you are in such a hurry to kill me is that your cultivation base has declined. Another reason is... I said something wrong. Only now do I realize that I have a sentence that is true. Shouldn't have told you."
"Yes."
Yang Jian didn't deny it, he nodded: "I really care about that sentence."
Da Zizai sighed slightly: "When I saw you, I told you something... I wanted to make my name ranked in front of Dalun Mingwang. At that time, I just said something ambitious on purpose to gain your trust. , because the only reason I can make you believe me is that I have ambitions. But I forgot... I really shouldn't use the Dalun Mingwang as an analogy. Why did I forget that the Dalun Mingwang asked Kuoketai People from the Meng family have been puppets for a thousand years! Because of this, you can't help but want to kill me, right?"
Yang Jian nodded again: "Da Zizai, how could I not know that the people of the Quoke Taimeng family have been played by you in the mainland for more than a thousand years, and you control them like puppets. This is why Mengge will Declaring war on the Buddha Sect like crazy, he wants to eradicate the culprit. When Meng Ge knew that there was trouble in Da Sui, he probably decided to break with the Buddha Sect without hesitation, right?"
"Because although he knows that he is just a puppet and a marionette, he has a powerful neighbor to the east. He is afraid of the mighty strength of Buddha Sect, so why not be afraid of the strength of Da Sui. He is worried that if he breaks with Buddha Sect, Da Sui will Taking the opportunity to invade the west, at that time, it was still unknown whether the owner of the Mengyuan Royal Court was from the Quoketaimeng family. Therefore, Quoketaimeng had been preparing for it since a long time ago. When Li Yuanshan was in the northwest When Meng Ge was found before the rebellion, he must have agreed to Li Yuanshan's request without even thinking about it."
Yang Jian said: "So, Brother Meng's original goal was not the Sui Dynasty. Although he sent hundreds of thousands of troops to help Li Yuanshan, his ultimate goal is still your Buddhist sect. After being oppressed for thousands of years, he lived like a slave. It is conceivable how angry the members of the family are. You say you want to be someone who surpasses King Dalunming, but I don't want the Yang family to become the second Quoketaimeng family."
Da Zizai snorted coldly: "Yang family? Besides yourself, who else is there in your Yang family? I have seen many self-deceiving people in this world, but there is only one like you."
"There is a descendant of me beside Fang Jie. Although she is only a woman, she has the blood of the Yang family flowing on her body. Do you know why I let her escape to Fang Jie? I just want to keep one, even if it is a woman. , but also to continue the blood of the Yang family. I don't trust Fang Jie, but compared to you, I trust him more."
Yang Jian said: "When I came out this time, I wanted to restore the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty. But it's not that I didn't think about it, what if I didn't do it? If I drank all the blood of my descendants, I didn't succeed in the end. , that is the most deplorable thing."
"I never imagined that Yang Jian would be so decisive."
Da Zizai took a few steps back: "Since you want to fight, then go ahead."
"Decision?"
Yang Jian couldn't help laughing: "In this world, I'm afraid no one has experienced as many things that must be resolved as I have experienced. I have conquered the world, and I have done more things that must be resolved."
He rolled up his cuffs and took a deep breath: "Besides, your role is gone. If I don't kill you, what's the use of keeping you?"
A seven-petaled lotus flower bloomed in front of Da Zizai, and the sneer on the corner of his mouth became more and more intense: "I want to see how you can beat me... Don't forget, I am bringing many Buddhist disciples with me this time. You Fight me here, as long as I issue an order, the disciples of the Buddha Sect will be able to slaughter all the generals under your command."
A big lance appeared in Yang Jian's hand, not his real lance, but the result of inner strength.
"Then you can try."
He said.